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No Bangladeshi on missing Malaysia Airlines

Saturday, 8 March 2014


Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board. The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday). It had been expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT). "Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft," the carrier said. "Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew." The Boeing B777-200 aircraft was carrying 227 passengers, including two children, and 12 crew members, according to BBC. There was no Bangladeshi citizen on board the missing flight of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people, which lost contact with air traffic control early Saturday. According to UNB, There was no Bangladeshi passenger in the missing flight , a spokesman for the Malaysia Airlines confirmed it, saying there were 227 passengers and 12 crew on the aircraft. Of the passengers, 152 were Chinese while the rest were from 14 other countries, including USA, Canada, Australia, Italy and France.